The Oregon Trail
Unit 7 Vocabulary
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Early Expansion
100

The Oregon Trail was ________ miles long

2000

100

To move in a direction or grow

Expansion

100

Founder of the Mormons

Joseph Smith

100

Had large farms that grew cash crop.  Warm climates, and had slaves

Southern Colonies

100

What was the main attraction that drew new settlers to the Northwest Territory in the late 1700s and early 1800s?

Land was good for growing crops

200

What do missionaries feel a duty to do?

Bring religious teachings to people

200

Belief held in the 1800s that Americans had the right and duty to spread across the continent all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

Manifest Destiny

200

Owned the American Fur Company

Brigham Young

200

The reasons the Pilgrims came to America in the 1620

Religious Freedom

200

Which of the geographic factors was most important in making the Lewis and Clark expedition possible?

Navigable rivers

300

Pioneers traveled in covered wagons pulled by

Oxen

300

A man made waterway to connect two bodies of water in order to allow boats to travel through.

Canal

300

An explorer who lives in the wilderness

Mountain Men

300

The Proclamation of 1763 angered colonist because it

Limited westward settlement

300

What territorial addition to the United States occurred in 1845?

Republic of Texas

400

What was the large movement of pioneers going west across the Oregon Trail called?

The Great Emigration

400

A set of tracks put down so that trains can run on

Railroad

400

An explorer of the west who reached the summit of the mountain now known as Pike's Peak

Zebulon Pike

400

First African American killed in the Revolution

Cripus Attucks

400

Which of the following was a consequence of the U.S. Mexican War?

Debate over slavery in the territories

500

Pioneers used ______ to guide their way on the Oregon Trail

Natural and man-made landmarks

500
The status of being a recognized independent nation

Statehood

500

Aided Lewis and Clark on their expedition

Sacagawea

500

What are your core Teachers first names?

Lakeisha Jones

Brandon Mims

Pamela Crittendon

Jean Mbok

500

What led important path led from Independence, MO to New Mexico

Santa Fe Trail

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